Mexico City Benito Juárez International Airport

Mexico City, Ciudad de México (Mexico)

IATA: MEX ICAO: MMMX

Longest Active Runway

12,966 ft

3,952 meters

Field Elevation

7,316 ft

2,230 m MSL

Runway Inventory

2 active

Lighted / Paved

Coordinates & Class

19.4358°, -99.0703°

LARGE AIRPORT

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Derived Facts, National & Global Rankings

National Runway Rank

#4 in Mexico

Out of 87 commercial aerodromes

Global Runway Rank

#151 Worldwide

Top 2.0% percentile

Elevation Ranking

#87 MSL

Top 3.7% percentile

vs Large Airport Median

+29.7%

Compared to 10,000 ft baseline

💡 Database Insight: Mexico City Benito Juárez International Airport's longest active runway measures 12,966 ft (3,952 m). It ranks as the #4 longest runway in Mexico and #151 worldwide among indexed commercial aerodromes.

🛫 Physical Runway Inventory & Surface Engineering

Runway Designator	Length (ft / m)	Width (ft / m)	Surface Material	Lighting	Status
05L/23R	12,966 ft (3952m)	148 ft (45m)	`Asphalt (ASP)`	✅ Lighted	✅ Active
05R/23L	12,795 ft (3900m)	148 ft (45m)	`Asphalt (ASP)`	✅ Lighted	✅ Active

🧭 Comparative Aerodromes (100 NM Radius, ≥5,000 ft Paved)

Great-circle Haversine spatial proximity matching for commercial facilities with paved runway capacity within 100 NM.

Aerodrome Name	IATA	Distance	Longest Runway	Lighting
Felipe Ángeles International Airport (Mexico City)	`NLU`	18.8 NM (34.8 km)	14,764 ft	✅ Lighted
Adolfo López Mateos International Airport (Toluca)	`TLC`	28.7 NM (53.2 km)	13,780 ft	✅ Lighted
Hermanos Serdán International Airport (Puebla)	`PBC`	43 NM (79.6 km)	11,811 ft	✅ Lighted
Querétaro Intercontinental Airport (Querétaro)	`QRO`	94.9 NM (175.8 km)	11,483 ft	✅ Lighted

🛡️ Data Provenance & Verification Metadata

Source Dataset: OurAirports Open Aviation Database

Snapshot Version: 2026-09-01

Verification Method: SHA-256 Checksum Lock

Calculation Model: Haversine Great-Circle

Machine-readable endpoint: GET /api/airport/mex.json ↗